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Quantum Computing Revolutionizes Genomics with New Collaboration

9/1/2025

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The Wellcome Sanger Institute and Quantinuum are collaborating to encode the PhiX174 bacteriophage genome using quantum computing within a year.
This effort is part of the Wellcome Leap Quantum for Bio (Q4Bio) challenge, supported by the University of Oxford and other institutions.
The project aims to address computational challenges in genomics and showcase quantum computing's practical applications in health.
The QCDC project in Europe focuses on enhancing local access to quantum computing to boost innovation in drug discovery and materials science.

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The Wellcome Sanger Institute and Quantinuum are collaborating to encode the PhiX174 bacteriophage genome using quantum computing within a year.
This effort is part of the Wellcome Leap Quantum for Bio (Q4Bio) challenge, supported by the University of Oxford and other institutions.
The project aims to address computational challenges in genomics and showcase quantum computing's practical applications in health.
The QCDC project in Europe focuses on enhancing local access to quantum computing to boost innovation in drug discovery and materials science.